rt, medium and long lines, equivalentcircuit, representation of the lines and calculation of transmission parameters, Power flow through transmission line, Power circle diagram, Series and shunt compensation. MODULE-II (10 HOURS) Corona: Power loss due to corona, practical importance of corona, use of bundled conductors in E.H.V. transmission lines and its advantages, Overhead line Insulators, voltage distribution in suspension type insulators, string efficiency, grading. Sag and stress calculation of overhead conductors, vibration dampers Under Ground Cable: Type and construction, grading of cables, capacitance in 3 core cables and dielectric loss in cables. MODULE-III (10 HOURS) Definition of the load flow problem, Network model formulation, A load flow sample study,Computational aspect of the load flow problem. Gauss siedel and Newton Raphson method for power flow fast decoupled load flow, On load tap changing transformer and block regulating transformer, effects of regulating transformers. MODULE-IV (10 HOURS) Economic Operation of Power System: Distribution offload between units within a plant, Transmission losses as function of plant generation, Calculation of loss coefficients, Distribution of loads between plants with special reference to steam and hydel plants, Automatic load dispatching. Introduction to Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS), SVC, TCSC, SSSC, STATCOM and UPFC